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if you were offered a job with mitt romney, would you accept that? >> i'll start with the first part of your question, which is i educate people on the greatness of the indian community. i'm incredibly proud because indians are great at medicine, business and teaching in all of that. the one thing they have lacked honesty and involved in government and politics. as the next generation, you will see we are starting to realize we have to have that role, that voice. whether it's bobby jindal or me or several around the country that are chosen to get involved in office, that is a good thing. the other thing i would love for people to know about the indian community as it is one of the minorities that is the highest educate in the country. the highest per capita of any minority in the country. it is one of the minorities that is the least dependent on government assistance. and one of the minorities that is the most philanthropic of any minority in the country. those are all things i'm incredibly proud of. what we are taught growing up is the best way to
if you were offered a job with mitt romney, would you accept that? >> i'll start with the first part of your question, which is i educate people on the greatness of the indian community. i'm incredibly proud because indians are great at medicine, business and teaching in all of that. the one thing they have lacked honesty and involved in government and politics. as the next generation, you will see we are starting to realize we have to have that role, that voice. whether it's bobby jindal...
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mitt romney is has to run against not only himself as a governor, romney has to run against as the guy who ran in 2008. [applause] they are constantly outpacing themselves. that's because the conservative movement is making them whoever got the furthest right position if politics becomes the standard fore bearer. they all scoot over. when you do that all the democrats are like, standings over here. so the democrats are standing here they're fighting among others. interest groups. how must we care about you. is it okay that the senate major leader is -- i don't know i just. that's departments. and republicans are over here and they're like. looking to the right. as you do that, democrats whatever they have to compete in general election terms are constantly scooching over here to be -- that means that the center moves to the right. there are republicans to fall off that right ward edge all the time. [laughter] but it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter to the conservative movement in the long run. they don't care about the election cycle politics. if 2012, they're going to lose all the mi
mitt romney is has to run against not only himself as a governor, romney has to run against as the guy who ran in 2008. [applause] they are constantly outpacing themselves. that's because the conservative movement is making them whoever got the furthest right position if politics becomes the standard fore bearer. they all scoot over. when you do that all the democrats are like, standings over here. so the democrats are standing here they're fighting among others. interest groups. how must we...
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what your enthusiasm level about the mitt romney campaign? >> i think he would be a good president, and precisely because he knows what it takes to get real things done. he's demonstrated the olympics as a crisis manager. and so yeah, does he have my views on monetary policy yet the way i do? or parliament reform and the like? health care? no, not yet. but that's why we're getting some good candidates in congress. so yes, i think over period of four or eight years there will be a successful presidency like reagan was in the '80s. not because of missiles and rockets, great armies and all that, the central though they may become it's because we're innovative doing things that inspire the rest of the world. >> author steve forbes has been joining us here on booktv on c-span2. >> now on booktv, codepink cofounder medea benjamin takes a critical look at the use of drones by the u.s. military and argues that targeted killings do not make us safer. this is about an hour and a half. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here. in buffalo, and to be talki
what your enthusiasm level about the mitt romney campaign? >> i think he would be a good president, and precisely because he knows what it takes to get real things done. he's demonstrated the olympics as a crisis manager. and so yeah, does he have my views on monetary policy yet the way i do? or parliament reform and the like? health care? no, not yet. but that's why we're getting some good candidates in congress. so yes, i think over period of four or eight years there will be a...
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and understanding romney's position -- >> i will offer some thoughts on that. i do know some of the people who are likely to end up in a romney administration on cyberissues. one of the advantages is you can -- you learn stuff, you are basically as henry kissinger said you are spending the stuff you use janelle and when that is gone so should you be. you come out and people tell you things that might be true as opposed to things they want you to believe and get the decision they want. they have come to a real appreciation of water remarkably penetrated country we have on the basis of cyberespionage and cyberattacks. and a more aggressive approach to this, and governor romney's statement labeling china a currency manipulator on day 1 suggests taking a tougher alignment with china may be an issue, is worth pursuing. we will see not an enormous change but probably a check up in preparation and confrontation, oversight. >> anyone else? >> i suspect on detention policy we won't see a lot of change. we did not see a lot of change from the bush and administration to t
and understanding romney's position -- >> i will offer some thoughts on that. i do know some of the people who are likely to end up in a romney administration on cyberissues. one of the advantages is you can -- you learn stuff, you are basically as henry kissinger said you are spending the stuff you use janelle and when that is gone so should you be. you come out and people tell you things that might be true as opposed to things they want you to believe and get the decision they want....
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one thing i have heard especially the other day is obama and the difference between obama and mitt romney coming up in 2012. a lot of the progressives that i work with on the left, not the way left, anarchist, i wouldn't go so far as to say occupy, very anti-obama. there was the pizza came out the other day that talked about occupy -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up i know if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain it if you would like but i'm wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> he i don't feel that it's my job to go around and really encourage people to vote one way or the other. i think everybody has to vote their conscience and vote about what issues are most near and dear to you. i personally could not vote for obama given what i know and i spent a year talking to victims families and i just can't do it. i will vote for the green party candidate. [applause] i understand that people have all kinds of issues that are important to them, and you have to make a list of all those is
one thing i have heard especially the other day is obama and the difference between obama and mitt romney coming up in 2012. a lot of the progressives that i work with on the left, not the way left, anarchist, i wouldn't go so far as to say occupy, very anti-obama. there was the pizza came out the other day that talked about occupy -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up i know if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and...
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do you know this fellow romney? [laughter] what you know about romney? have you met him? well, i'm still asking these questions all these years later. [laughter] [applause] we have a tough job up here tonight. the kind time the presses in on us tonight. i will be the best to be the kind of aggressive moderator that you may not have seen on television. [laughter] [applause] last night, in fact. [laughter] [applause] we are going to introduce this fascinating collection of more than 245 hours of tapes plus 17 hours of did the bulls and telephone conversations. then we will play some. we will play some of them briefly, and we won't have time to discuss them in depth, but we will have time to have a little discussion after each day. with that, let's get started. mr. putman, set the scene. how long has the library and in possession of these? how did this happen? and what was done -- describe the process we have done to prepare them for the public use? >> well, let me violate your first rule right away. i also want to thank caroline kennedy for all of the initiatives that she h
do you know this fellow romney? [laughter] what you know about romney? have you met him? well, i'm still asking these questions all these years later. [laughter] [applause] we have a tough job up here tonight. the kind time the presses in on us tonight. i will be the best to be the kind of aggressive moderator that you may not have seen on television. [laughter] [applause] last night, in fact. [laughter] [applause] we are going to introduce this fascinating collection of more than 245 hours of...
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how about romney? well, which romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? but the answer to your question, in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he's going to have to make a sharp tu,
how about romney? well, which romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? but the answer to your question, in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he's going to have to make a sharp tu,
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i mean, mitt romney has to run against not only himself as a governor mitt romney has to run against the us the guy who ran in 2008. [applause] they are constantly outpacing themselves and us because the conservative movement is making them -- whoever got the furthest right decision and politics, the news ever for the right to them, they all screw. so when you do the company will the democrats are like, standing over here. [laughter] but if these democrats are standing here, kind of fighting amongst ourselves, interest group, how much do we care about you? is it okay to senate majority leader is anti--- i don't know. that's democratic and republicans are over and they are like -- [laughter] looking to the right but as you tragedy that democrats, whenever that you can be in general election in terms of the republicans are causally screeching over to try to be centrist thinking. that means the center moves to the right, which means there are republicans who fall off that rightward edge all the time. [laughter] but it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter to the conservative movement and th
i mean, mitt romney has to run against not only himself as a governor mitt romney has to run against the us the guy who ran in 2008. [applause] they are constantly outpacing themselves and us because the conservative movement is making them -- whoever got the furthest right decision and politics, the news ever for the right to them, they all screw. so when you do the company will the democrats are like, standing over here. [laughter] but if these democrats are standing here, kind of fighting...
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so romney has said he will declare china currency at day one. he actually doesn't have the authority to do that if he were president, but setting that aside, it is a potential problem. so i think i balanced it rather stick with the guy they know. >> right there in the cream. >> in-house, diana negroponte. are we getting tired it or will he keep up the effort? >> one of the big issues and multilateralism is not only in the global level, the regional level and one of the things you see in asia certainly and around the world and the arab league and so forth is regional organizations are now becoming fairly event important. my sense is a nation at the obama administration has come to a very conscious strategy of kind of picking the multilateral platforms that it wants to see play a major role and others that he would like to see were marginalized. and so in asia, east asia summit has moved front and center especially on asian security issues were trying to build a platform called the transpacific burger shape. so i would say they bought into regiona
so romney has said he will declare china currency at day one. he actually doesn't have the authority to do that if he were president, but setting that aside, it is a potential problem. so i think i balanced it rather stick with the guy they know. >> right there in the cream. >> in-house, diana negroponte. are we getting tired it or will he keep up the effort? >> one of the big issues and multilateralism is not only in the global level, the regional level and one of the things...
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how about mitt romney? which mitt romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? how will we reset. the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. a persuasive one besides a sharp one. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> one of the things i remember because my office overlooked the building in the plaza was there was a day care center in the plaza. some of the children were killed and others injured but during their recess period they would play in the plaza and you would hear their voices. that left lasting impression when they were silenced. my son was working in the social security office and her father was a good friend of mine and what i got home that morning i had three messages wanting to know what he could find out about his daughter and secondly -- and the third message was when he was crying. >> watch our local content vehicle's next stop, explore the history of literary culture of oklahoma city with special air
how about mitt romney? which mitt romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? how will we reset. the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp u-turn. a persuasive one besides a sharp one. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> one of the things i remember because my office overlooked the building in the plaza was there was a day...
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the difference between obama and mitt romney in 2012. the lot of progressives i work with on the left--not way left. i would go so far as to say occupied. very anti obama. there was that piece about how -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain that if you like. i am wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> i don't feel it is my job to go around and encourage people to vote one way or the other. i think everybody has to vote their conscience and vote about the issues most near and dear to you. i could not vote for obama given what i know and i spent a year talking to victim families and i can't do it. i will vote for the green party candidate. but i understand people have all kinds of issues that are important to them and you have to make a list of those issues and who would be the best possible candidate based on those issues. we are not given enough choices. we have a two party system that is so l
the difference between obama and mitt romney in 2012. the lot of progressives i work with on the left--not way left. i would go so far as to say occupied. very anti obama. there was that piece about how -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain that if you like. i am wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> i don't feel it is my job to go around and...
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i'm not sure that is going to happen that in terms of the romney thing, either romney or portman or paul ryan, i could be wrong. could be somebody off the wall of i haven't even thought of that he is cautious enough to choose one of the three. to answer the second part of your question about obamacare, i predicted on my radio show a couple days ago exactly what's happened is the we were getting arizona today and that come thursday the supreme court would take the obamacare decision like a grenade, threw it on to america let it explode and then they go away for three months. keep that in america. here is the obamacare decision. we are out of here. it will come in the morning on thursday and i tend to elieve the wisdom they are going to kick out the mandate, strike that down and view a lot of the rest of the law to stand to make it look like the court has integrity and it's not totally political. i think the whole thing should be thrown out. the whole thing is unconstitutional and a race for the constitution. we will have to see if the supreme court feels the same. [applause] >> for more i
i'm not sure that is going to happen that in terms of the romney thing, either romney or portman or paul ryan, i could be wrong. could be somebody off the wall of i haven't even thought of that he is cautious enough to choose one of the three. to answer the second part of your question about obamacare, i predicted on my radio show a couple days ago exactly what's happened is the we were getting arizona today and that come thursday the supreme court would take the obamacare decision like a...
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and romney's, i mean, yeah, romney is coming on with, you know, who's going to be more patriotic, who's going to be the stronger, the usual american muscle. and i think that iran is going to be aiming where it's already assassinating the scientists, or israel is, and we're supporting israel. and this is a very dangerous time. the nuclear issue, the same people are out there, all bright. even the iaea which is the international atomic energy -- had been infiltrated by us with a japanese fellow. we put this guy in, and he's suspect because of his commitments to us. the egyptian fella was an honest man. >> yeah. >> was out. and this is a very dangerous situation. and israel is providing a lot of the information against iran which makes it like the wmd information suspect. but what we're seeing is it can be sold to the american public on a wide basis. television works. you keep mentioning iran as the bad guy. the bad guy, it just sinks into a consciousness. so this is, it's a political stake. i always think obama is a politician, as you say, and i think he's going to run on whatever gets hi
and romney's, i mean, yeah, romney is coming on with, you know, who's going to be more patriotic, who's going to be the stronger, the usual american muscle. and i think that iran is going to be aiming where it's already assassinating the scientists, or israel is, and we're supporting israel. and this is a very dangerous time. the nuclear issue, the same people are out there, all bright. even the iaea which is the international atomic energy -- had been infiltrated by us with a japanese fellow....
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and from ken, who would romney prefer, a -- who would china prefer, a romney president or a second term obama? >> i'll say a brief word on pakistan, obviously very challenging. i think our afghanistan policy could fail probably because of pakistan's role. that because the politics in many kabul and the future of karzai are the key threat toss the mission, i think. in terms of the u.s./pakistan partnership, i give this administration reasonably decent grades for keeping on trying when nothing was working. and on afghanistan i think their messaging and their teamwork was relatively mediocre. by contrast, towards pakistan i think the strategic dialogue and a lot of the outreach was pretty good. mistakes we made on messaging in afghanistan affected pakistan policy, i believe, so i don't want to completely establish a distinction between the two. but i think this administration's been extremely mature and disciplined and realist on pakistan. we don't have any choice but to keep working the relationship. there have been things that have gone up and down along the way. bruce riedel has some go
and from ken, who would romney prefer, a -- who would china prefer, a romney president or a second term obama? >> i'll say a brief word on pakistan, obviously very challenging. i think our afghanistan policy could fail probably because of pakistan's role. that because the politics in many kabul and the future of karzai are the key threat toss the mission, i think. in terms of the u.s./pakistan partnership, i give this administration reasonably decent grades for keeping on trying when...
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mitt romney saying you won't see many some night. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in our great country. it's a mystical relationship with you think of how much support we showered and israel and how much support we get back. it is due to the fact that it is not just jewish support. were only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we've shared values, shared enemies and islamic terrorism that many people in the united states via israel as the holy land. not just jews, but non-jews as well. it's quite a remarkable thing at a time there is so much polarization between the republicans and democrats. it's one of the few foreign policy issues that actually unite democrats and republicans. >> "the future of the jews," is your book title provocative in any way and do you mean it to be? >> i mean it to be because many people who described calamities for 3000 years in effect access successful integration? ..
mitt romney saying you won't see many some night. is the u.s. relationship and vice versa a healthy relationship? >> it's a remarkable relationship between one of the nations that have the smallest majority in our great country. it's a mystical relationship with you think of how much support we showered and israel and how much support we get back. it is due to the fact that it is not just jewish support. were only 2% of the population in the united states. it's because we've shared...
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now romney polls obama into a position and the military industrial complex boeing obama. ben in the other direction the demobilized peace movement. you're absolutely right. how do they let anybody in the white house get away with that foreign policy. >> as far as regulation is limited but after somebody gets a permit is there any follow-up they are not be equipping with weapons if it is just a rich person or company? is there any follow-up for no other activity? >> is a great activity. -- question. if they have been given out for very specific uses but they will not tell us. and those have already been violated. food drums permitted used on the northern border already used it to find somebody who stole six cattle then said isn't that great? it is already a violation. is an important question. i am trying to find out those meeting with the faa. it only has to do with safety. not privacy. then you are in another area. if you see the results of that i do not know what kind of regulations their vote the for the less than lethal uses. >> that it is what is scary. i cannot find
now romney polls obama into a position and the military industrial complex boeing obama. ben in the other direction the demobilized peace movement. you're absolutely right. how do they let anybody in the white house get away with that foreign policy. >> as far as regulation is limited but after somebody gets a permit is there any follow-up they are not be equipping with weapons if it is just a rich person or company? is there any follow-up for no other activity? >> is a great...
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the thing about that, if you look at the super packs for romney in santorum and ron paul and newt gingrich up and tell super tuesday, we had spent a total for all the candid it's of $53 million. and in that one weekend a raised $100 million. so they are huge. they're out there, and it will say and do anything. of course it is a lot easier for them now censuses united because you have not only grazed on the the corporate money, but you don't have to report which corporations are paying which bills. they also could not do it without the assistance of the nation's media, and that is what drives me crazy. >> you can watch this and other programs online at book tv. you're watching book tv. now, the threat of nuclear weapons today and discusses what can be done to safeguard against the ultimate catastrophe. this is about an hour. [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies gentlemen. thank you for joining me today. although i don't have. [indiscernible] i was thinking how to start the speech. write something in today's "wall street journal" opinion page for me. the title of it is, it's always prepare f
the thing about that, if you look at the super packs for romney in santorum and ron paul and newt gingrich up and tell super tuesday, we had spent a total for all the candid it's of $53 million. and in that one weekend a raised $100 million. so they are huge. they're out there, and it will say and do anything. of course it is a lot easier for them now censuses united because you have not only grazed on the the corporate money, but you don't have to report which corporations are paying which...
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you don't need to be in the backroom with mitt romney o.r. rick perry to figure out the dynamics. we can all look at it by watching television that is not apply to every kid to the most entries one of the very few things that most elections around the world are handled by american political consultants. we export our movies and our political consultants. i'm not sure about the value but that is what we do. that is the dimension to which i looked at this and i was also very interested to write the book with the events of 2011 where their current status of pakistani politics. what is the impact of the attack on bin laden not only in pakistan but the dynamic between the united states this and has been very complicated over many decades. one of the conclusions that i reach and i should say my remarks today will not regurgitate what is in the book. it is available as a christmas present commandeers president, easter present i would not want to derive at the pleasure by would talk about that in sight of my research but one thing that strikes me about the post bin laden era at in pakista
you don't need to be in the backroom with mitt romney o.r. rick perry to figure out the dynamics. we can all look at it by watching television that is not apply to every kid to the most entries one of the very few things that most elections around the world are handled by american political consultants. we export our movies and our political consultants. i'm not sure about the value but that is what we do. that is the dimension to which i looked at this and i was also very interested to write...
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the wealth and poverty billy oriented -- originated a lot of research in a book i wrote for george romney, but the addition of the dream. after writing wealth and poverty, among the first people who came to me and asked me to speak with pain and company. the secret force in the supply-side. they provided the microeconomics of supply-side theory. the learning curve, the fact that lower prices expand market share, which meets the lower cost and more prosperity. this is both for the government, which also administers price is. they are called taxes. so lower tax rates expand the economy and we need more revenues for the government and less zero-sum struggles over government favors. >> we been talking books tv but george gilder, author of several books with the new addition of george gilder, which came out originally in the early 80s. this is a tv on c-span 2. >> now i program from the up to the archives. fatima bhutto kameny said former pakistani prime minister, benazir bhutto, talks about growing up in a family powerbrokers. may suffer chronicles her close relatives including her own father
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if they knew romney wins and confident they could wait until 2013, they'd rather do that because the u.s. would probably join in. that's a chance i don't think they feel they can necessarily take so they will take a fresh look, i think, in early object. plans are in place, and they have a higher opinion of their chances of success than the obama administration has or other quarters. >> i'm skip, one of the board members here at discovery institute, and i'm engineer, and i have a little bit of expertise in commercial nuclear power. i think it's important to understand, and i don't think you're saying this, but it's important to umps that in order to destroy israel or even tel-aviv for that matter, it's going to take multiple thermonuclear weapons, and none of the terrorist regimes have z capability of developing or delivering anything on that scale. i think the worst case scenario is going to be some cheesy science project dirty bomb or something with low yield that you float into seattle harbor or whatever on a container ship or something like that or tel-aviv harbor or whatever so t
if they knew romney wins and confident they could wait until 2013, they'd rather do that because the u.s. would probably join in. that's a chance i don't think they feel they can necessarily take so they will take a fresh look, i think, in early object. plans are in place, and they have a higher opinion of their chances of success than the obama administration has or other quarters. >> i'm skip, one of the board members here at discovery institute, and i'm engineer, and i have a little...
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romney billionaire and mr. goldfinger in the rest of the owe% and the rest of the world are outlawed, we are outlaws but in america their job creators. [laughter] that is why we occupy. we it occupied for stanley mattingly in jason alexander come on the deepwater horizon for the chief and his sons. etauk. janessa under the pipe that exploded. and also a farmer in fukushima with a farm that is poisoned forever. and four endo and the cholera quarantine center. that is why we occupied because it is not about the real estate. it is not about tens or t.a.r.p. or any of that. it is about them and us. and as i say in the book, just to read one little paragraph, there is only one story. that is what i am investigating. it is all one story. it is about them and us. they get home is bigger than disneyland we get foreclosure notices they give private jets and we get tarballs and lost futures and pay their gambling debts with our pensions. they get the third trophy wife and the tax break and we get subprime. they get to ca
romney billionaire and mr. goldfinger in the rest of the owe% and the rest of the world are outlawed, we are outlaws but in america their job creators. [laughter] that is why we occupy. we it occupied for stanley mattingly in jason alexander come on the deepwater horizon for the chief and his sons. etauk. janessa under the pipe that exploded. and also a farmer in fukushima with a farm that is poisoned forever. and four endo and the cholera quarantine center. that is why we occupied because it...
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what -- the republicans cannot even -- i mean he really preempted the foreign-policy question with romney. he has no foreign-policy and ironically and historically it's the democrats and this tells you i mean, how deeply anchored barack obama's foreign-policy is. >> host: but does not mean the risk remains at a sky high sky-high level of the exact kind of blowback you are talking about, that by escalation on this scale, when we are talking about civilian casualties on this scale, that what we are facing is the almost inevitable response is somewhere in the region it doesn't take much do you know, the kind of grand thing that maybe they can do that but terrorism, the nature of it is the instrument of the week. >> guest: i think, and you know much more than i do, it any academics, to really caution the american public about questions of cost and blowback and you have time to draw links between militancy and foreign-policy and domination is perceived to be as being apologists. truly, and the debate, and i have a chapter in my book on the arise of al qaeda. up almost every single drone attack
what -- the republicans cannot even -- i mean he really preempted the foreign-policy question with romney. he has no foreign-policy and ironically and historically it's the democrats and this tells you i mean, how deeply anchored barack obama's foreign-policy is. >> host: but does not mean the risk remains at a sky high sky-high level of the exact kind of blowback you are talking about, that by escalation on this scale, when we are talking about civilian casualties on this scale, that...
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frankly, for that real line that is most likely to be one the israelis are looking at, if they knew that romney was going to win and are confident they could wait for 2013 they would rather do that because then the u.s. would probably join in. but that's a chance i don't think they feel are necessary can take so they're going to take a fresh look at any early october, their plans are in place. and they have a higher opinion of chances of success the obama administration has, or other quarters. >> i'm skip gilleland, i'm one of the board members here at the discovery institute. i'm an engineer and i have a little bit of expertise in commercial nuclear power. i think it's important to understand, and i don't think you're saying this, but it's important to understand that in order to destroy israel, or even tel aviv for that matter, it's going to take multiple thermonuclear weapons, and none of these terrorist regimes have the capability of delivering anything on that scale. so i think the worse case scenario is to be some cheesy science project dirty bomb or something with low you but you float i
frankly, for that real line that is most likely to be one the israelis are looking at, if they knew that romney was going to win and are confident they could wait for 2013 they would rather do that because then the u.s. would probably join in. but that's a chance i don't think they feel are necessary can take so they're going to take a fresh look at any early october, their plans are in place. and they have a higher opinion of chances of success the obama administration has, or other quarters....
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evangelical views are changing in part because of mitt romney's candidacy. the huge mainstreaming of mormons in america. i have a number of stories in this book about relationships that evangelicals are building with muslims. we talk a lot about my friend, reverend bob roberts, a southern baptist preacher who during the ground zero time, they win on went out on a limb with how supportive they were. bob roberts in deep red texas started reading matt 10 things i love about muslims. ten things i admire about islam. and i thought, why are you doing this? and he said, i am a christian, as is what i have to do. you people are in trouble, and i have to stand up for you. so i find that wonderful and he built a civic bridge with me, based on the inspiration of this tradition. that kind of stuff is going on a little bit below the radar screen. a little bit behind the scenes in both campaigns. i think it is a broadly positive thing for america. >> what you think is the biggest roadblock that your organization or interface groups are facing today? what do you think are
evangelical views are changing in part because of mitt romney's candidacy. the huge mainstreaming of mormons in america. i have a number of stories in this book about relationships that evangelicals are building with muslims. we talk a lot about my friend, reverend bob roberts, a southern baptist preacher who during the ground zero time, they win on went out on a limb with how supportive they were. bob roberts in deep red texas started reading matt 10 things i love about muslims. ten things i...
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who are going to think outside of the box of conventional washington thinking -- i sound like mitt romney -- [laughter] but outside of the box of convention, i am definitely not a washington insider. [laughter] one of the, one of the places that i go regularly to read serious analysis and to be provoked in a very good way, um, is tomdispatch and the work of tom engelhardt. so, please, join me in giving a hearty welcome to the author of "the united states of fear," tom engelhardt. [applause] >> well, jeremy's kind of a stand-up guy, and i'm kind of a stand-down guy. i'm an editor. and it's rare in my life that i'm in front of any group of people like this, so i'm a little relieved that i have something to read before we get to spontaneity. i'm assuming since i'm here in the arthur l. carter journalism institute that some of you are actually young journalists or journalists to be, and, of course, i'm about to have a conversation with an investigative journalist who regularly comes back with the goods. i'm impressed. i'm always impressed with great reporters. i've been a news jockey since i
who are going to think outside of the box of conventional washington thinking -- i sound like mitt romney -- [laughter] but outside of the box of convention, i am definitely not a washington insider. [laughter] one of the, one of the places that i go regularly to read serious analysis and to be provoked in a very good way, um, is tomdispatch and the work of tom engelhardt. so, please, join me in giving a hearty welcome to the author of "the united states of fear," tom engelhardt....
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romney has come on with who is going to be the more patriotic, who is going to be stronger in the usual american muscle. i think iran will be already assassinated or israel is that you are supporting. and it's a very dangerous time. the nuclear issue is the same people out there, even the iaea come in the international atomic engine hasn't infiltrated by us with the japanese style. we put this guy in india suspect he tested his commitments commitments to us. her rady, egyptian who was anonymous and endless out and this is a very dangerous situation and the israelis providing a lot of the information against iran, which makes it like the wmd information, suspect. but what we are seen as it can be solved to the american public on the web is this television works. you keep mentioning iran has the bat guy. it just sinks into a consciousness. says a political state. who think obama is a politician and he's going to run a whatever gets them alike did. the same way you'll never elect cuba because he has to win in florida. >> so what you're saying of course there's quite a few people believe th
romney has come on with who is going to be the more patriotic, who is going to be stronger in the usual american muscle. i think iran will be already assassinated or israel is that you are supporting. and it's a very dangerous time. the nuclear issue is the same people out there, even the iaea come in the international atomic engine hasn't infiltrated by us with the japanese style. we put this guy in india suspect he tested his commitments commitments to us. her rady, egyptian who was anonymous...
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you don't need to be in the back room with mitt romney or rick perry or newt gingrich or anybody to figure out what the dynamics of that race is. we can all look at it by watching television or going on the internet and seeing what they're saying or doing. it applies to most countries in the world just as one of the very few things people realize is most of the elections around the world are handle led by political consultants. we export two things in america that are unique, one are our movies, and the other are our political consultants. [laughter] i'm not sure of the value that the fact political consultants do that, but this' what we do. and it's lots of fun, and it's very interesting. so that's the dimension through which i looked at this. and i was also very interested as i went along to write this book with the events of 2011 to examine the current status of pakistani politics. that is to say what was the impact of the attack on bin laden not only in pakistan, but on the dynamic between the united states and between pakistan which is and has been very complicated over many decades.
you don't need to be in the back room with mitt romney or rick perry or newt gingrich or anybody to figure out what the dynamics of that race is. we can all look at it by watching television or going on the internet and seeing what they're saying or doing. it applies to most countries in the world just as one of the very few things people realize is most of the elections around the world are handle led by political consultants. we export two things in america that are unique, one are our...
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when i've been asked to a support, governor romney, president of thomas and i said we have enough politics without the two of them. but i can tell you one thing, that when i was prime minister many years ago, he's holding in politics we have a peer made. everybody wants to move out. so every member of knesset wants to be minister and every minister has minister. so i'm working my way up. thank you. >> of i.t. thank you for coming in giving this great speech. i am curious though, not about to save israel was to attack uranium reactors tomorrow. i'm not curious about the day after. i'm curious about five, 10 years down the road. the contract would israel be engaged in it doesn't take away the reactors. it takes out the material already there. i don't want to live at the nuclear iran, but i don't know how one strike or two or three would be less upset. it seems was the cat is out of the bag, it is out of the bag. they thank you. >> i cannot go into the details of the attack, but the message is very important that the message of israel or jews should be a joint western society. we are not allo
when i've been asked to a support, governor romney, president of thomas and i said we have enough politics without the two of them. but i can tell you one thing, that when i was prime minister many years ago, he's holding in politics we have a peer made. everybody wants to move out. so every member of knesset wants to be minister and every minister has minister. so i'm working my way up. thank you. >> of i.t. thank you for coming in giving this great speech. i am curious though, not about...
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and i think the other alternate question to ask is what if mitt romney wins and there's a republican house, republican senate? will the democrats have a meeting with whoever the democratic version of frank luntz is and make a similar decision? i think not. and i think democrats don't have quite the appetite for payback. but i'm sure a lot of democrats will be wishing they did if, in fact, this is the outcome in november. so, yeah. how it plays out across the washington and whether people will be socialed at all and realize -- sobered at all and realize that, you know, we don't want the prosperity we've known, the future we've known to really be squandered simply because nobody can make a decision, um, maybe when it gets to that point, the democracy will respond. i'd like to think that's the case. so concern.-- [laughter] that's as close as i can get to optimism. >> eleanor, thank you for this. you've been wonderful. thanks to c-span. thanks for your questions. [applause] now you're going to get a chance to sign books. >> okay, terrific. thank you. >> and, um, all of you, please, help
and i think the other alternate question to ask is what if mitt romney wins and there's a republican house, republican senate? will the democrats have a meeting with whoever the democratic version of frank luntz is and make a similar decision? i think not. and i think democrats don't have quite the appetite for payback. but i'm sure a lot of democrats will be wishing they did if, in fact, this is the outcome in november. so, yeah. how it plays out across the washington and whether people will...
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of course, romney you're not quite sure what side he's on from one day to the next, but at least paul presents a little different point of view. >> host: our next call for the former senator is from woodstock, illinois. lydia, independent, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i appreciate all that you've done, and i think you have a tremendous it could be terms of honoring our owner's manual which is the constitution. i'm going to give you a challenge because arnold toi nby in his book "a study of history" describes civilizations that are the p proper unit for analysis. now, we are the stewards, we have a stewardship responsibility to our form of government. and that is why we have to safeguard our process first before we go into other units, into other nations. they can look to us, and we can demonstrate through example. now, i hope you read the book and you reference it in your discussions with the white house because it is manual of what is going on currently. and i will pick up your book. in fact, i will read it next week. i have a lot of respect for you, but i think we have to
of course, romney you're not quite sure what side he's on from one day to the next, but at least paul presents a little different point of view. >> host: our next call for the former senator is from woodstock, illinois. lydia, independent, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i appreciate all that you've done, and i think you have a tremendous it could be terms of honoring our owner's manual which is the constitution. i'm going to give you a challenge because arnold toi nby in his...
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evangelical views of mormons are changing in part because of mitt romney's candidacy. a huge mainstreaming of mormons in america. i have a number of stores in this book actually about relationships that evangelicals are building with muslims. and talk a lot about my friend, southern baptist preacher in texas who, during the ground zero mosque crisis, i thought that jon stewart and nick kristof went off on a limb with how supportive they were of muslims, but bob roberts in deep red texas started tweeting 10 things i love about muslims. 10 things i admire it about islam. and i'm like, why are you doing this? he's like, i'm a christian come this is what i got to do. your people are in trouble and i've got to stand up for you. so i find a, i disagree with bob on just about everything, but he built a civic bridge with me based on the aspiration of his tradition. and i kind of stuff i think again is going on a little bit below the radar screen, although the behind the scenes in both campaigns, and i think it's a broadly positive thing for america. >> what do you think is the
evangelical views of mormons are changing in part because of mitt romney's candidacy. a huge mainstreaming of mormons in america. i have a number of stores in this book actually about relationships that evangelicals are building with muslims. and talk a lot about my friend, southern baptist preacher in texas who, during the ground zero mosque crisis, i thought that jon stewart and nick kristof went off on a limb with how supportive they were of muslims, but bob roberts in deep red texas started...
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a bunch of us down here really fired up about mitt romney. what do you think about his odds of receiving the nomination and being elected president, and i hope you say he will be elected president. thank you so much, peter. >> guest: well, i think there's no doubt that mitt is on course to the nomination, that's just the way it is. he's, he had a great, he had a blowout in nevada last night, and i thought newt did himself huge damage by scheduling this wacky press conference -- [laughter] and complaining bitterly about the unfairness of it all. yes, it's unfair, it's what it is. there's no -- i doubt whether you could construct an entirely rational system to devise a mom three for the presidency of the united states. it's what it is, and you just have to roll with it. and newt whining about the unfairness of it, i thought, made him look pathetic. so i thought regardless of what one feels about mitt romney's performance in nevada and newt's reaction to it, actually, told its own story. so i think he is going to be the nominee. i hope he means
a bunch of us down here really fired up about mitt romney. what do you think about his odds of receiving the nomination and being elected president, and i hope you say he will be elected president. thank you so much, peter. >> guest: well, i think there's no doubt that mitt is on course to the nomination, that's just the way it is. he's, he had a great, he had a blowout in nevada last night, and i thought newt did himself huge damage by scheduling this wacky press conference -- [laughter]...
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i certainly think, i enjoyed marvelously the night of in hampshire primary, mitt romney gave his usual stump speech, generalities, i believe in an america where all americans can be as american league american as americans has ever been, or whatever and ron paul comes at a star-studded told by the federal reserve and the gold standard and it's kind of an impressive in a way. and the crowd is cheering. i like, i'm all in favor of ron paul wendy's they are talking about small constitutional government, when he is hammering the federal reserve. everyone thought he was a metaphor years ago going on about the federal reserve. in 2011, the federal reserve bought something like 70% of the debt issued by united states treasury. suddenly ron paul is looking a lot less like a nut on that and there's a lot more people who share his views on the federal reserve. where i part company with ron paul is the idea of an america that can live aloof from the rest of the world. as a 19th century isolationist republic. there is no fortress america. this country can't even maintain its fortress against to re
i certainly think, i enjoyed marvelously the night of in hampshire primary, mitt romney gave his usual stump speech, generalities, i believe in an america where all americans can be as american league american as americans has ever been, or whatever and ron paul comes at a star-studded told by the federal reserve and the gold standard and it's kind of an impressive in a way. and the crowd is cheering. i like, i'm all in favor of ron paul wendy's they are talking about small constitutional...
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think that is going to become more prominent in the vice presidential debate in the subsequent again romney versus obama? >> i don't think science ever plays a larger role and for me that is unfortunate. dividing that al gore would have been a better president? no. someone who routinely exaggerate some of science offends me as a scientist because that isn't what scientists are supposed to be. it can be a truth regularly took information and what we would stretch it to the point of lowercase its still scientifically somewhat accurate who and it's really stretching it here and he did that over and over and over again. his 25 rise in the sea level is assuming the dreamland ice sheet melts and no one knows if that is going to happen or not there's a lot of melting the summer, you know the arctic didn't have much ice at all so this is a problem but it isn't useful to exaggerate which is what he regular leaded and when you are caught exaggerating the problem use the credibility and the science loses credibility, so no i don't think al gore would have been a letter spokesman because i don't think
think that is going to become more prominent in the vice presidential debate in the subsequent again romney versus obama? >> i don't think science ever plays a larger role and for me that is unfortunate. dividing that al gore would have been a better president? no. someone who routinely exaggerate some of science offends me as a scientist because that isn't what scientists are supposed to be. it can be a truth regularly took information and what we would stretch it to the point of...
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had the realization that we can't win with any of the candidates as displayed in the movie, paleny/romney, a difficult set of election circumstances that we were outspent by $200 million, and president bush and his approval rating was in the 30s. president obama was speaking to crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for the candidacy on the part of the press and trying to figure out how to win and i'm the person who said we should take a look at sarah palin, you know, from alaska. >> proud of that moment? >> you know, that moment freezes and slows down in my brain. [laughter] you know, standing, spent a couple days at the jersey shore, and i remember everything, every aspect of the moment, i remember the smell of long beach island, the salt air, you know, the cars in front of the house, and i picked up the phone to call rick davis, and i said, we should take a look at sarah palin. the vetting that was done, i said to rick that it's very important, and rick was in charge of the vetting process and the team that campaigned that she be fully and completely vetted like
had the realization that we can't win with any of the candidates as displayed in the movie, paleny/romney, a difficult set of election circumstances that we were outspent by $200 million, and president bush and his approval rating was in the 30s. president obama was speaking to crowds of hundreds of thousands in europe. there was a fervor for the candidacy on the part of the press and trying to figure out how to win and i'm the person who said we should take a look at sarah palin, you know,...
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i don't really care what newt gingrich said or what mitt romney said or, i mean, nobody's talking about issues, frankly. ron paul talks about issues, but for the rest of it it's just vacuous garbage for the most part, and i just don't want to fill my head with it. um, i mean, the whole republican primary has just been sort of the march of the trolls, you know, one troll replacing another week after week. i think we'll probably end up with mitt romney who's as soulless as barack obama and as captured to the interests of corporations as obama is. i just, i think there are aspects to ron paul's ideology that i find disturbing. i think that as a previous caller mentioned, there should be heavy state intervention into impoverished areas not only in our inner cities, but in rural enclaves where poverty has become tremendous. much of my own family comes from rural areas of maine. food deserts, supermarkets closed down, loss of employment, tremendous suffering, and i, you know, in that sense am a believer of the, you know, i lived in switzerland, and i saw a state certainly not in any ways a pe
i don't really care what newt gingrich said or what mitt romney said or, i mean, nobody's talking about issues, frankly. ron paul talks about issues, but for the rest of it it's just vacuous garbage for the most part, and i just don't want to fill my head with it. um, i mean, the whole republican primary has just been sort of the march of the trolls, you know, one troll replacing another week after week. i think we'll probably end up with mitt romney who's as soulless as barack obama and as...
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the early 60's in michigan and promoted romney's fortune. the idea is that the power of the presidency and control of the executive branch the republican party in the 1950's have an opportunity to train a whole cadre, thousands of future leaders who would go out or make a difference in the future and i think that is one of the great accomplishments abetted administration. it was early republican administration governing against the new deal tied, governing sensibly, governing in a bipartisan way and getting a lot done and governing well but above all promoting and creating opportunities for people down the road and i think they succeeded really well. see our next question comes from steven right here in civil -- silver springs maryland in the suburbs. high steven. >> caller: i would like to ask particularly david and julie, someone who is writing his own book on president nixon, i would be very interested to find out what if any advice president eisenhower they have given to president nixon on an informal basis about how to conduct the war i
the early 60's in michigan and promoted romney's fortune. the idea is that the power of the presidency and control of the executive branch the republican party in the 1950's have an opportunity to train a whole cadre, thousands of future leaders who would go out or make a difference in the future and i think that is one of the great accomplishments abetted administration. it was early republican administration governing against the new deal tied, governing sensibly, governing in a bipartisan...
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what i want to ask is about mitt romney's view for our future. i near -- i never hear anything concrete. always negative commentary about what obama is or is not doing and nothing about -- >> absolutely right. the dialog is gone. wars in the past were fought by the citizens soldier. when our time came we volunteered. we were drafted. i volunteered for combat, joined the marines and came home, dubee done. now we have a professional military and it is powerful. the military-industrial complex. what was the question? sorry. >> i was asking about that romney. >> speak of inexperience his associates indicated not long ago that now that the nomination was in hand, his views would be reset. they seem to be somewhat flexible and go through when the environment where he has to cater to the hard right tea party, but now we don't know. maybe he will become a flaming liberal. i doubt it. in the meantime he is definitely being a military. obama is not being tough enough. i don't think many of them including mitt romney have had much military experience. you o
what i want to ask is about mitt romney's view for our future. i near -- i never hear anything concrete. always negative commentary about what obama is or is not doing and nothing about -- >> absolutely right. the dialog is gone. wars in the past were fought by the citizens soldier. when our time came we volunteered. we were drafted. i volunteered for combat, joined the marines and came home, dubee done. now we have a professional military and it is powerful. the military-industrial...
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in fact, he has overseen some of the fine work we have done this year on mitt romney and barack obama. what sets his riding a part is his reporting. he describes what things were like a morningside heights somehow david and his book and described every dive frequented, steady routine, rhythm of the urban campus of and vibrant the stella's inducing details. employees to work alongside them. [applause] >> thank you very much to markets. thank you all for being here today. probably just to see bob woodward, but i'm glad to be his leadoff man. i get through this event three times and kept getting bigger. it's quite amazing -- amazing. especially on a sunday afternoon during that the policies of. i guess there are no argy three fans were there watching another smart phones. president obama was in my home state to melissa benson, yesterday. of course, he had a couple of bratwursts. his first words were sort of a reiteration of the line that made him famous, but this time he said, you know, we are not bears fans first or packers fans first, but americans first. so of not red or blue states,
in fact, he has overseen some of the fine work we have done this year on mitt romney and barack obama. what sets his riding a part is his reporting. he describes what things were like a morningside heights somehow david and his book and described every dive frequented, steady routine, rhythm of the urban campus of and vibrant the stella's inducing details. employees to work alongside them. [applause] >> thank you very much to markets. thank you all for being here today. probably just to...
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, and i was struck by the fact if you ask americans whose the strongest leader barack obama or mitt romney, barack obama wins the contest every time. why do you think this? it's a pretty big gap between the candidates at this time. >> guest: i was shocked by the public opinion polls that barack obama and i can't see why because the democratic convention the achievement a tactic that is killing them lowden. >> host: that's the thing most people remember but i also think that obama has been on the front page in terms of foreign policy and retired in terms of the foreign policy that's not what the leader does. >> guest: leader needs to decide the crisis in the euro that can feel like they've done. we have a joblessness crisis right here the president could pick the would resonate with the public and championed them instead of taking obscure from the progressive wish list like health care reform. >> host: we have only a few minutes left. tell us about the biggest conclusions from the book and what you might do next. >> guest: you write in a book to answer a big question. you play detective for
, and i was struck by the fact if you ask americans whose the strongest leader barack obama or mitt romney, barack obama wins the contest every time. why do you think this? it's a pretty big gap between the candidates at this time. >> guest: i was shocked by the public opinion polls that barack obama and i can't see why because the democratic convention the achievement a tactic that is killing them lowden. >> host: that's the thing most people remember but i also think that obama...